eschew

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Pronunciation

/ɪsˈtʃuː/(is-CHOO)

Part of speech

verbformal

Chinese

避免；回避；戒绝（刻意不做某事）

Definition

To deliberately avoid or keep away from something.

Word family

  • (no major derivatives)

Collocations

  • eschew violence
  • eschew publicity
  • eschew tradition
  • eschew materialism

Examples

  1. 1.The company eschews traditional advertising in favor of word-of-mouth. (deliberately avoids)
  2. 2.He eschews the spotlight, preferring to work behind the scenes. (stays away from)

Synonyms

  • avoid/əˈvɔɪd/— stay away from, general
  • shun/ʃʌn/— avoid with disgust
  • abstain from /əbˈsteɪn frɒm/ (refrain deliberately)

Etymology

from Old French "eschiver" = to shun — related to "shy" — to shy away from